Frank Black Song: (I Want To Live On An) Abstract Plain Album: Teenager of the Year © 1994 4AD/Elektra Tabbed by: Jason Beginning C# F# E C# F# E C# F# E e--------------0-0-0--0----------------------------------0-0-0-0--0-- b--------------5-4-2--0----------------------------------5-5-4-2--0-- g-4(sl)6----------------4(sl)6------6(sl)8--4-4(sl)6----------------- d-------------------------------------------------------------------- a-2(sl)4----------------2(sl)4------4(sl)6--2-2(sl)4----------------- e-------------------------------------------------------------------- C# F# E e----------------------- b----------------------- g---4(sl)6-------8-4-6-- d----------------------- a---2(sl)4-------6-2-4-- e----------------------- Verse 1 E F# C# E I've had it with this town F# B E I never saw those shifting skies F# C# A I never saw the ground F# A Or the sunset rise E F# C# I want to live on an abstract plain Verse 2 E F# C# E I'm building a frame F# B E A place to put my ten-yard stare F# C# A Thinking of that paint F# A Painted in plein-air E F# C# I want to live on an abstract plain Chorus 1 C#m Am I need a new address C#m Am I want some new terrain C# A Is it North or South? E F# C# I want to live on an abstract plain Solo over verse chords Verse 3 (same chords as previous two verses) I could sit on the roof On top of that abstract house See my abstract view An abstract mouse I want to live on an abstract plain Chorus 2 (same chords as first chorus) I need a new address Tell me I'm not insane Is it up or down? I want to live on an abstract plain